}
We can
Heng Kang Act 1785
2(3)
(b)
2
4
the Order in Council should give us the
discretion to approve late applications
for BN (0) status where applicants can
show reasonable excuse for missing their
cut-off dates, or where they are
naturalized as BDTCs during or after
their call-up phase;
(c)
following (a), we should launch a phased
programme of registrations, inviting
people to come forward by age group from
mid-1993;
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(d) we should at a later date seek an
amendment to the Hong Kong Act 1985
empowering us to impose a cut-off date
for the naturalisation and registration
of Hong Kong residents as BDTCS.
too should provide us with the
This
flexibility to handle late applications
where applicants can shown reasonable
excuse; and
publicity should be relatively "low-key"
but adequate to ensure that all eligible
people are aware of these arrangements.